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Amena Jamali

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Amena Jamali lives a life animated by the coolness of shrewd logic, the vibrancy of ambitious passion, and the exaltedness of deep morals and philosophy. Her lenses of choice for viewing the world are faith, gratitude, empathy, love, and clear-sighted rationale and strategy. She is many things: devout Muslim, dutiful daughter, patriotic American, thoughtful political activist in the making, blossoming cybersecurity professional, and—not least of all—a writer of epic fantasy.
That last, her epic fantasy writings, holds the essence of all of her hopes, ponderings, and dreams, the substance of her musings about philosophy, and the explorations of her ideas about politics. As her writing evidences, she cares deeply about the power of truth, resp ...more

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	The Way It Would Become 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In the last minutes of June 30, I am still stunned that my first Goodreads giveaway attracted the attention of nearly 800 people. This is so much more success than I had hoped for, and I am so grateful to everyone who decided to take a chance on The Bell Tolling.

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AI Security Essentials: Strategies for Securing Artificial Intelligence Systems with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Book 1)

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